Improved portable cupboard



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETcE.

JAMES .L PRESOOTT, OF NORTH BERWIOK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND S. Bv. GOWELL, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

l MPROVED PORTABLE CUPBOARD.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 59,516, dated November 6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs L. PEEscoTT, of North Berwick, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Portable Cupboard 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming pai-tof this specication.

This invention relates to a cupboard, consistingl of a detachable frame provided with a series of removable shelves covered with a nettin or analogous fabric, and provided with a bail to adapt it to be readily conveyed from place to place.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l is a top-plan view of my improved portable cupboard. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A may represent four or more posts of suitable height, made of wood or other suitable material, with shoulders, represented by B, upon which are placed and supported the shelves C C C G.

D represent-s cross-bars, which are framed into or'secured to the posts in any manner, so that they can be readily and conveniently detached or taken apart; but I usually make either a square or round tenon to it into a corresponding mortise in the posts, and secure them therein by means of movable pins a.

The shelves C are made of wood or any kind of sheet metal, with a iiange turned up at the edges, for the purpose of strengthening the said shelves, and to keep any article which may be placed thereon from sliding off.

E E are double bails attached to each corner or to each post of the frame, and both pass through one handle, F, for the purpose of moving the said cupboard from place to place.

O is a netting or any thin fabric, which may be used to cover all the sides of the cupboard, and secured thereto by means of wires or rings looping over the top of the posts B. This fabric is for the purpose of preventing iiies or insects from entering the cupboard and injuring the food.

The top of this cupboard may be used for a table.

The advantages of my invention will be observed from the fact of its lightness and portability and the convenience with which it can be taken apart and packed into a small space for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the detachable frame A D, removable shelves C, bail E, handle F, and netting or covering O, all arranged in the manner and for the purpose speciied.

JAS. L. PRESOOTT.

Witnesses:

T. H. HUBBARD, NATHAN NEAL. 

